The Hebraic Roots Version (which began as the Semitic New TestamentProject) was a ten year project to produce a new and accurate translationof the New Testament taken primarily from old Hebrew and Aramaic sources.Unlike most translations this edition is not rooted in a GreekHellenistic text. Instead this translation seeks to understand the textof the New Testament from the languages in which it was originallywritten. This is important because there are some passages in the NTwhich do not make sense at all in Greek, but only begin to make sensewhen we look at them in Hebrew and Aramaic:

Acts 11:27-30

And in these days prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch. Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all THE WORLD, which also happened in thedays of Claudius Caesar. Then the talmidim, each according to his ability,determined to send relief to the brothers dwelling IN JUDEA. This they alsodid, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Now this doesn't make sense at all, why would those in Antioch sendrelief to those dwelling IN JUDEA if the famine was to strike all THEWORLD. They would be facing famine themselves. The solution lies inthe fact that the word for "WORLD" in the Aramaic manuscriptsis ‘ERA (Strong's #772) the Aramaic formof the Hebrew word ERETZ (Strong's 776). This word can mean"world" (as in Prov. 19:4) "earth" (as in Dan.2:35) or "land" (as in Dan. 9:15) and is often used as aeuphemism for "The Land of Israel" (as in Dan. 9:6). Certainlythe word here is not meant to mean "world" but "land ofIsrael."

Mt. 26:9 = Mk. 14:3

And when Y'shua was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper,

As any Bible student knows, lepers were not permitted to live in the city (see Lev. 13:46). Since ancient Hebrew and Aramaic were written withoutvowels, there was no distinction between the Aramaic words GAR'BA (leper)and GARABA (jar maker or jar merchant). Since in this story a woman poursoil from a jar it is apparent that Simon was a jar merchant or jar makerand not a leper.

Mt. 19:12 & Acts 8:26f

....there are eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven's sake.... --Mt. 19:12 NKJV

So he [Phillip] arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, aeunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians,who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem toworship.--Acts 8:27 NKJV

The man in Acts 8:27 appears to be a proselyte to Judaism since he seemsto be making the Torah-required pilgrimage to Jerusalem (Dt. 16:16). TheTorah, however, forbids a eunuch both from becoming a proselyte Jew, andfrom worshiping at the Temple (Dt. 23:1f). This also raises the questionof why one would become a eunuch (be castrated) for the sake of theKingdom of Heaven. After all eunuchs are excluded from the assembly ofIsrael. The word for "eunuch" in the Aramaic manuscriptsof both of theses passages is M’HAIMNA which can mean "eunuch"but can also mean "believer" or "faithful one" as itclearly means here.

Mt. 19:24 = Mk. 10:25 = Lk. 18:25

...it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God.

The word for "camel" in the Aramaic manuscripts is GAMLA whichcan mean "camel" but can also refer to a "largerope," which is certainly the meaning here.

Jn. 12:11 & 15:16

One word that the Greek translators often misunderstood was theAramaic word ‘EZAL which normally means "to go" or "todepart" but is used idiomatically in Aramaic to mean that someaction goes forward and that something progresses "more andmore".

One case where the Greek translator misunderstood this word andtranslated to literally is in Jn. 12:11:

Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away (!?!?!?!?), and believed on Jesus. (KJV)

Now I have translated the Aramaic of this passage as follows:

because many of the Judeans, on account of him, were trusting more and more (‘EZAL) in Yeshua.

And Jn. 15:16:

...that ye should go and bring forth fruit... KJV

I have translated from the Aramaic:

...that you also should bear fruit more and more (‘EZAL)...

The HRV Tanak it translated primarily from the Hebrew Masoretic Textcontains many footnotes giving important alternate readings from the DeadSea Scroll manuscripts; the Samaritan Pentateuch; the Greek Septuagent;the Aramaic Peshitta Tanak and the Aramaic Targums.

The HRV "New Testament" text is taken from ancient Hebrew andAramaic manuscripts. (Shem Tob, DuTillet and Muster Hebrew Matthew;Munster Hebrew Hebrews; The Old Syriac Aramaic Gospels; The AramaicPeshitta NT and the Crawford Aramaic Revelation.) and has over 1,700footnotes.

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I already want to purchase the HRV more now. However, have you thought about adding the Messianic Talmudic passages to the HRV alongside the Messianic verses? I realize that will at least double the size of the HRV, but would assist Rabbinic Jews very much.

I have thought of a study edition in the future which would have lots of study footnotes. The Tanak portion would have many footnotes to the Targums, Talmuds, Midrashim, Zohar and Dead Sea Scrolls regarding Messianic passages.

No because while Adonai was used as a substitute for YHWH, it was also often used in the Hebrew text on its own, often paired with Adonai as in "Adonia YHWH" which the KJV translators render "The Lord GOD"

I would like to know if the HRV Tanak was translated from the masoretic text. Also, was it translated by orthodox jews? Because they may have obscured some of the Messianic prophecies. I noticed that you made some changes to the JPS, was this to fix any Scripture twisting done by the orthodox jews? Also, do you sell just the New Testament HRV? The JPS is nothing new, but a complete New Testament from Hebrew and Aramaic is great.